vulnus
/ˈvʌlnəs/
vulnus noun: a wound.
Noun
vulnus (plural vulnera)
- A wound.
- I was once, I remember, called to a patient who had received a violent contusion in his tibia, by which the exterior cutis was lacerated, so that there was a profuse sanguinary discharge; and the interior membranes were so divellicated, that the os or bone very plainly appeared through the aperture...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
- But for the veterans in the Pannonian legions, their vulnera were no longer their tokens of honour, but an indication of the severity of service in the army.1999, Acta classica, volumes 42-43, page 89
vulnus meaning in Tamil
vulnus in Tamil
- காயம்
Forms of vulnus
| plural | vulnera |
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Origin of vulnus
Borrowed from Latin vulnus.
Questions about vulnus
- What does vulnus mean?
- Vulnus means a wound.
- What is vulnus in Tamil?
- Vulnus in Tamil is காயம். See Vulnus meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is vulnus?
- Vulnus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vulnus?
- Vulnus is pronounced /ˈvʌlnəs/.
- What is the plural of vulnus?
- The plural of vulnus is vulnera.
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